modelling minion Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Great work Ian, the Fitter is looking fantastic, I think your pre and post shading of the camo scheme has really worked well. I Liked your Phantom build earlier and it looks like the Fitter is going to turn out at least as good if not better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Beastie Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 On 24 May 2017 at 8:22 PM, DDELK said: Nice F-4 by the way.. I love building phantoms, I just HATE HATE all the damn stencils..lol.. Ian, As you know, I'm also working on the fitter.. I joined the first two front sections of each side of the fuselage together. The third rear section didn't seem to mate up as easily, so I thought I would join them up once i got the two halves joined. Did you also find the third section to be a bit more tough. I'm sure if I placed a little weight on it, it would probably join up.. Anyways, I'm just rambling on..lol.. The wind kind of got taken out of my sails once I got the word about going bare metal color. I just love the camo on yours and even showed it to the buyer but he still didn't waiver in his decision about the paint(damn) I'm going to do some heavy weathering to at least give the bare metal some character.. I always love getting the updates on your build and can't wait to see the weapons on it.. dave I did have a similar problem on just one side. As you say, a small weight was enough to "squash" it to the right shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Beastie Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 6 hours ago, modelling minion said: Great work Ian, the Fitter is looking fantastic, I think your pre and post shading of the camo scheme has really worked well. I Liked your Phantom build earlier and it looks like the Fitter is going to turn out at least as good if not better. 13 hours ago, matteo44 said: Nice job! On 24 May 2017 at 9:28 PM, Hewy said: I reckon what you did on the f4 will work a treat on this ian ,by the way it looks like a real nice fitter to me Glynn Thank you guys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Uncool Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Wow... I was just released from gaol on a public disturbance charge for having gone out yelling outloud that my HAD 1/48 shock cone replacement for the Kitty Hawk Fitter kit had already arrived in the country... I'm yet to fetch it from Customs. But that'll have to wait 'til Monday now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Beastie Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 Got the decals applied, and there are more on there than it looks. Quite a few stencils, which are a translucent yellow/green, so they don't show up very well. At least they don't need blending in.I'll let them set, and then it'll cracking on with the weathering.Untitled by ian gaskell, on FlickrUntitled by ian gaskell, on FlickrUntitled by ian gaskell, on Flickr 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDELK Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Looks awesome. Russian aircraft just have a presence like no other!! dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Looks great Ian, those nice red stars stand out really well on the camo. Quick question for you, on the box the kit is labelled as an M3/M4 (I know you are building yours as an M4) but from what I can see of the sprues it does not contain the different size rear fuselage that the M3 has, have I missed it or is the kit just an M4? Craig. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Beastie Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 21 minutes ago, modelling minion said: Looks great Ian, those nice red stars stand out really well on the camo. Quick question for you, on the box the kit is labelled as an M3/M4 (I know you are building yours as an M4) but from what I can see of the sprues it does not contain the different size rear fuselage that the M3 has, have I missed it or is the kit just an M4? Craig. Thank you Craig. The kit only has one size of fuselage, and the spine is separate, in 3 pieces. The rear section, were it joins the base of the tail fin, has 2 options. One for the M3, and one for the M4 (with air scoop). That's seems to be all the options there are. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 19 minutes ago, Wee Beastie said: Thank you Craig. The kit only has one size of fuselage, and the spine is separate, in 3 pieces. The rear section, were it joins the base of the tail fin, has 2 options. One for the M3, and one for the M4 (with air scoop). That's seems to be all the options there are. Thanks for answering Ian, looks like you can only build an M4 from the kit then as there are more differences than the air scoop at the base of the fin, pity as I like some M3 specific schemes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Beastie Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 31 minutes ago, modelling minion said: Thanks for answering Ian, looks like you can only build an M4 from the kit then as there are more differences than the air scoop at the base of the fin, pity as I like some M3 specific schemes. Yes, I know there's more differences, not covered in the kit. Not making any excuses for Kittyhawk, but so far I can't recall other modellers building the M3 version (although I'm sure there are M3's being built). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, Wee Beastie said: Yes, I know there's more differences, not covered in the kit. Not making any excuses for Kittyhawk, but so far I can't recall other modellers building the M3 version (although I'm sure there are M3's being built). I'm sure there are M3's being built from this kit, just as there were M3's built from the old Kopro kit. I just wish that manufacturers would label their kits correctly (and Kittyhawk are not alone in this) as I'm sure there will be a few disappointed modellers who having spent their (not inconsiderable amount) of cash on what they think can be an M3 find out that it cannot be built as one. There really is no excuse these days for such an error. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Beastie Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 (edited) The decals have been sealed with some Alclad Aqua Gloss, then a wash with UMP's Dark Dirt. A couple of misted coats of matt, and I can now start the weathering. I'll be using a mixture of Humbrol's Weathering Powder, and Tamiya's Weathering system. Photo's 1-4 show some of the surface detail picked out by the wash. Photo 5 shows a start on the weathering on the underside. Untitled by ian gaskell, on FlickrUntitled by ian gaskell, on FlickrUntitled by ian gaskell, on FlickrUntitled by ian gaskell, on FlickrUntitled by ian gaskell, on FlickrUntitled by ian gaskell, on Flickr Edited May 28, 2017 by Wee Beastie 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Nice start on the weathering Ian, all bodes very well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Most impressive ian ,love it so far Glynn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janremco Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Loving your work on the Fitter. Jan Remco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 (edited) On 5/28/2017 at 6:21 PM, modelling minion said: Looks great Ian, those nice red stars stand out really well on the camo. Quick question for you, on the box the kit is labelled as an M3/M4 (I know you are building yours as an M4) but from what I can see of the sprues it does not contain the different size rear fuselage that the M3 has, have I missed it or is the kit just an M4? Craig. You can build a Su-17M3 I guess! It has the same engine as the M4 (and the Su-22M4). Only the heat exchanger intake in front of the fin is a giveaway normally! Nice decal and wash by the way! Edited May 30, 2017 by exdraken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Beastie Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 It now has legs!Oh, and the weathering is finished too.Next job, hang all the loud bangy things off of it.Untitled by ian gaskell, on FlickrUntitled by ian gaskell, on Flickr 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Wow! I think you've just put all the doubters and nay-sayers back in their boxes, that is absolutely stunning 😍 Eng 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesthegringo Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 1 hour ago, eng said: Wow! I think you've just put all the doubters and nay-sayers back in their boxes, that is absolutely stunning 😍 Eng Almost completely agree, however this kit cannot be built 100% out of the box to this standard, as the resin nosecone had to be used to overcome the shortcomings of the kit. Nevertheless the quality of this build is second to none Les 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Lovely paint work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteo44 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Perfect weathering! I like it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janremco Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Lovely paint and weathering. Jan Remco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Beastie Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 All completed!Ian G-16 by ian gaskell, on Flickr Link to the RFI page 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 That was fast! Great build and thanks for the thread! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Beastie Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 11 hours ago, exdraken said: That was fast! Great build and thanks for the thread! Pleasure. One of the best builds I've enjoyed for a while. What is it about Russian aircraft? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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